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- Release Date: 2005
- Runtime: 75 min
- Genre: Documentary
- Starring: Lou Adler, Raven Bast, Paris Chong, Shelby Chong ... see all
- Director: Josh Gilbert
- Plot: Tommy Chong, written, produced and directed by Josh Gilbert, is a documentary film that chronicles the Drug Enforcement Administration raid on comedian Tommy Chong's house and his subsequent jail sentence... Read more
User Reviews
Great Movie - A must See
Apr 17, 2008
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A documentary about how Tommy Chong was set up and arrested by the feds for selling bongs online. Very well done. A film festival type film.... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Aug 21, 2008PopMatters
Chong's stand-up act was re-invigorated.
They're my best career boosters," Chong jokes.
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| Jun 28, 2006Boston Globe
This isn't a great piece of nonfiction filmmaking, but it has its moments. ... Full Review
Film Journal International
A/K/A TOMMY CHONG Rated:NR For movie details, please click here .
Chong's earlier life is fascinatingly detailed from his beginnings as a half-Chinese pop singer in all-male groups, and the racial prejudice he dealt with, to his teaming with Cheech Marin in the hugely successful comedy stints which brought them fame and fortune.
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Variety
Writer-director Josh Gilbert awkwardly looks back at Chong's comedy triumphs with Cheech Marin.... ... Full Review
Exclaim! Canada
A/K/A Tommy Chong works best because its tone is light despite its subject matter, a quality that is largely thanks to the unflappable Chong, who knows he's been victimised but refuses to get self-righteous about it.
Gilbert's entertaining documentary spans two years, from before Chong's indictment, through his nine-month sentence, to his release into martyrdom.
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News
a/k/a Tommy Chong (2005)
einsiders.com –
2008-08-29
reviewed: 2008-08-29 Between October 8th, 2003 and July 7th 2004, Actor/comedian Tommy Chong found himself serving a federal prison sentence following charges that a company run by Chongs son was shipping drug paraphernalia to a State with prohibitions against such... ... Full Article
U.S. attorney not high on Chong movie
pittsburghlive.com –
2008-08-27
Chong, 70, of Pacific Palisades, Calif., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court, Downtown, in 2003 to a charge of conspiracy to sell drug paraphernalia. Investigators duped workers at his family company, Chong Glass, into shipping several bongs to an undercover ... Full Article
Cheech and Chong return; J.Lo finds work; New Line heads announce a comeback; Lucas wants more Indy; Casey Affleck wants to be animated
orlandosentinel.com –
2008-07-29
Jennifer Lopez's neglected and unlucky film career got a boost when it was announced that she would star in the romantic comedy, The Governess , written by her Maid in Manhattan scripter and produced by the Bob Yari Film Group. ... Full Article
A/K/A Tommy Chong
slantmagazine.com –
2006-06-02
n 2003, as the nation ramped up its War on Terror and poised itself for a military invasion of Iraq, the United States government spent $12 million on "Operation Pipe Dreams," a "search and seizure" venture aimed at shutting down... ... Full Article
Synopsis: a/k/a Tommy Chong is a dynamic portrait of comedy legend Tommy Chong, set against the unfolding political horror story of post 911 America. Filmmaker Josh Gilbert follows the tragic and absurd tale... a/k/a Tommy Chong is a dynamic portrait... ... Full Article
